Slipper.



I. GOLDBERG.

SLIPPBR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC 29, 1913.

1,120,808. Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

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ATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR 10 HIMSELF AND LOUIS E.

FRIEDMAN, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

. SLIPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

Application filed December 29, 1913. Serial No. 809,163.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IsAAo GOLDBERG, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slippers,of which the following is a specification.

In the slippers now in use of this type, when the same are worn a shorttime, the Vamps of the same become creased and wrinkled and collapse,spoiling the appearance and shape of the slipper and making it diflicultfor the insertion or the foot; and the object of this invention is toproduce a slipper which will remain open and fit the foot comfortablyand always retain its shape and appearance.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1is a side elevation, partly in section, of a slipper provided with myimprovement; Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same, partly broken away; andFig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2, lookingin the direction of the ar-. rows.

The slipper is provided with a usual sole 1 to which is secureda bottomsole 2 of carpet, leather or any other desired material. The vamp 3 atthe front of the slipper is secured between the outer sole 1 and theinner sole 4, and around the edge of the vamp is secured a strip 5 bymeans of stitches 6, forming a pocket 7 for the receps vtion of a flatand flexible stifiener as a spring 8 of steel, whalebone or otherdesired Copies of this patent niay be obtained for material, the ends 8of this stiffener being flattened and extending between the inner sole 4and outer sole 1 and being provided with perforations 9 through whichpass stitches 10 for securing the springs to the outer sole 1. I

The spring is of suficient flexibility to allow the vamp to be presseddown as desired, to aid in preparing the slippers for transportation,etc., but as soon as pressure on the vamp is released it immediatelysprings back into position, therebygiving the slipper its normal shape.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. An article of the class described, comprising a sole, a vamp securedto said sole, a pocket secured to the upper edge of said vamp, and astiffening spring contained in said pocket, the ends of said springbeing secured to said sole.

2. An article of the class described, comprising inner and outer solesand a vamp, a strip extending around the upper edge of the vamp, securedto the same and forming a pocket for. the receptionof a spring, and aspring in said pocket, the ends of said spring extending between theinner and outer soles and being secured to the same.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 27 day ofDece1nber,1913.

ISAAC GOLDBERG. I

Witnesses:

H. RADZINSKY, M. M. NELSON.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O-

